Mad Quickies 6.1

• Northwestern University is hosting a conference on “Comics and Medicine”. How freakin’ cool is that? I wish I was going. Seriously. Even the website is looks cool. Take a look. (via Beth)

• Old Man Twitter is a joke feed that could change the way we view the internet.

• I used this example in a slide show at the SkeptiCAL Conference in Berkeley. I was very interested in it because it is apparently the only art on the moon and it was secretly smuggled there by astronauts. (via Kernan)

• Also, did you know the caduceus symbol often used for doctors shown in the featured image is wrong! Fact. I have since redesigned my necklaces to match the correct, more appropriate Rod of Asclepius.

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Amy Davis Roth (aka Surly Amy) is a multimedia, science-loving artist who resides in Los Angeles, California. She makes Surly-Ramics and is currently in love with pottery. Daily maker of art and leader of Mad Art Lab. Support her on Patreon. Tip Jar is here.

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As per Comics in Medicine – There’s such thing as an MA in MEDICAL HUMANITIES?!?!

I love this quote on the Caduceus description: “From this latter point of view, would not his symbol be suitable for certain Congressmen, all medical quacks, book agents and purveyors of vacuum cleaners, rather than for the straight-thinking, straight-speaking therapeutist?”